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#10 Wes Anderson movies

White people love Wes Anderson movies more than they love their kids. If a white guy takes a white girl to a Wes Anderson movie on their first date, and neither of them have seen it, they will immediately commence a relationship that is reflected in songs by Ryan Adams and Bright Eyes.

Wes Anderson movies have this way of being sort of funny and a little clever, so white people in the audience will laugh like crazy. Also, if they don’t get the joke and other white people start laughing, they’ll all join in. It’s pretty much the case that if one dude with glasses laughs, the entire theater will be in stitches within 15 seconds.

If you find yourself in a situation with a white person, and an awkard silence falls over you. Mention any of the movies below and you will have something to talk about, and they will like you. Here are some approved comments:

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Wes Anderson is nothing more than a designer, stuck in the 70’s. His mild success is loosely based on the popularization o one, if not two luke-warm (no pun intended) films at the beginning of his movie directing career. ANything since is, and has been total shit.

Wes Anderson movies look like he set up a bunch of baroque dioramas in shoeboxes and then does one long giant tracking shot for the whole movie. Plus they’re all about whiny white people’s problems which is lame.

You know, I love this site because it’s true, and because I hope some elitist hipster somewhere reads this and suddenly realizes how transparent their interests and motives are to people who can, you know, see the world for how it really is.

That being said

Man, don’t hate on Wes Anderson movies. Hate on the people who enjoy Wes Anderson movies because they think they’re supposed to.

I loves me my Anderson movies :(.

I do, however, completely tolerate ragging on Jason Schwarzman. I don’t know what it is about him but that dude just rubs me the wrong way.

Strange. I would rate The Royal Tenenbaums as one of my favorite movies (but being so white and tolerant and culturally diverse, you know I simply can’t choose just *one* favorite movie, and therefore have many depending on my mood) yet I haven’t even enjoyed any of the other Wes anderson movies I have seen.

Wes Anderson is the definition of genius. The poster forgot to mention the sesquipedalian responses avid film-goers use to refer to Anderson, Scorsese, and Smith. Pretentiousness is important in any well-educated white person.

Hmmm…I think I’m white. I mean, I’ve always looked white and I think my parents think that they are white and yet, I’ve never even seen a Wes Anderson and don’t want to. I feel so confused and disoriented. What now? Do I stop going to farmer’s markets and start eating non-organic food? What about my bike? I just don’t know what to do…I need therapy.

Um…so yeah, this entry was the one that made the site for me. Both Wes Anderson fans, my boyfriend and I saw Darjeeling Limited on our first date. And yes, we did immediately commence a relationship, and I have made him listen to my favorite Ryan Adams album. We are so white.

About 2 1/2 years ago I started a post on IMDB, “MOST PRETENTIOUS FILMMAKER OF LATE,” referring to this idiot. No lie, I literally received death threats on that post, people defend this yuppie prick to their graves…I’m white, and can’t stand the psudo-indie garbage this hack puts out…

On a side note, how about a post about Austin, Texas (Wes Anderson’s home town); white people love to say how trendy and art-driven this mosquito cesspool of a town is, what with their lame film and music festival, SXSW…

Ugh. Wes Anderson. What an overrated pretentious prick. White people also love to use words like “pretentious” and “sophomoric” to describe other people that are not as elite as them. But these words do not come off as being all that condescending. I mean, if somebody called you “sophomoric”, would you be offended? No! It sounds like a soothing word.

White people also love Environmentalism and hybrids and telling people that they are destroying the environment by driving SUV’s. They also love the IPCC.

HOW DARE YOU ACT THIS RACIAL WITH WHITE VERSUS ANY OTHER SPECIES.
IF YOU KEEP DOING THID I WILL PUBLISH ALL OF THIS AND DISCOUNNECT YOUR WEBSITE.
I HAVE BEEN GETTING YOUR SITE FOR OVER2 YRS AND NEVER HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

This was a great reminder for me (having seen all the other Wes Andrerson movies) to go hack/burn The Darjeeling Limited. Part of being white means that if you can grab something digitally then it was yours for the taking – common sense. I think that is Asian too, has to be. The catholic church seems to keep the other folks down for whatever misconceptions keeps them silly (speaking, of course, generally: if you’re from the Philippines, whatever, go kiss your cross and rent the title to keep your soul. There’s always some half-wit).

Although this is true, it used to by Woody Allen. Every white I have ever known used to love Woody Allen. Wes Anderson became their Woody Allen. Wes Anderson is the Woody Allen for Gen Xer white people.

I think white people also get a kick out of talking about Wes Anderson to people who don’t know who he is. I know I do, anyway.

I would put Jim Jarmusch on this list too. White people that have seen Coffee and Cigarettes love to talk about the scene with RZA, GZA and Bill Murray. If you’re white and you haven’t seen it.. you should netflix it… it feels great to tell your friends about it. 🙂

Finally watched my first Wes Anderson movie this morning: The Squid and the Whale. I actually more or less woke up to it on Encore and there was nothing else on at 3:30 am.

That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed it, in all it’s pretentious glory. It reminded me of when i thought I was the smartest guy around, until I just realized that I just tended to attract undereducated negroids.

Oh, by the way, I’m a conservative black male, and most of this site, oddly enough, applies to me as an individual. Does that mean I’m white inside?

[…] Angelina did not get robbed of a best actress nomination. Do it. Now. 4. The Darjeeling Ltd.- I’m white. Wes Andersen movies never get old. 5. Zodiac- The most entertaining thriller since what’s his name was trying to find out who […]

This site is generally accurate, but whoever came up with entry is clearly confusing white people and hipsters (I know, they look so alike). 90% of the white people I know have not heard of Wes Anderson, and when I try to watch Rushmore with them, they are either A) polite but confused by the jokes, or B) totally annoyed with the main character’s nose, and unable to comment on anything except that.

# 64 sorry to burst your bubble but The Squid and the Whale is not a Wes Anderson film…I think the guy who wrote it was mentored by Wes Anderson, but compared to the real thing, it is a pretty crap movie. Go see The Royal Tennenbaums or Rushmore if for no other reason than their sountracks (thanks #47 and #50–Bright Eyes sucks).

bottle rocket was an awesome movie. on an unrelated note, this blog is dumb and really racist. as a white guy, I would like to see how a blog about what black people like (by a white person) would be recieved publicly.

This is the only part of this list I don’t like. I know a range people who are obsessed with Wes Anderson, and honestly, it’s really just one of those things that people either absolutely love, or completely hate. Myself, I can identify with most of this list, but I think Wes Anderson is perhaps the most overly pretentious (as well as over-rated) director currently making movies. Funny post…but not exclusive to white people.

i love wes anderson so much! i think one of the main reasons people get upset over his movies and think they suck is that they are told the movies are comedies. this is really not true, especially in darjeeling. his movies are dramas, and the comedy comes from the quirks of the characters and their handling of situations. but if you don’t think rushmore is one of the best films of the ’90s i don’t know what to do with you. a good addition to the list would be cameron crowe and john hughes movies. OMG, there is nothing whiter than 16 candles.

what the hell has race got to do with anything its your class and how your brought up just because your black doesn’t mean your going to be interested in certain things and nothing else just like if your white you arent going to be interested in certain things. You are talking about the mainstream middle class here regardless of their colour. Colour has nothing to do with it.
PS sorry for the bad grammar

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dang, i knew i was missing out when my black girlfriend tryed to make me watch life aquatic… i’ll have to run over to bluckbusters… oh yeah, i don’t even subscribe to netflix, jesus f’in’ christ i hope i wont start rap or sumthin

You’ve certainly managed once again to degrade Wes Anderson’s films. He usually tries to cross racial boundaries with his movies so to but it in a column under “stuff white people like” is messed up. I bet your your a fagg0t. Or a neo-nazi. Or better yet one of those white guys that like screwing ugly asian women. Oops did I get too stereotypical there, I didn’t mean to maybe you should put ‘screwing ugly asian women’ under this column of ‘stuff that white people like.’ yeah, that should make your list complete.

I have to admit, most of you have pretty valid points. Im white, i enjoy most of anderson’s films. And its understandable if you dont enjoy them. They require a semi high IQ level to appreciate. As for those who have never heard of Wes Anderson….you must be living under a fucking rock. Oh and for the record#6 i found your racist sense of humor kind of funny.

I think that making lists of shit that they like/shit that other people should like is really the ultimate white characteristic. I’m white, but I have never been able to understand lists of “favorites.” I can’t fucking stand that shit. When someone asks me what my favorite <> is, I cringe inside. I just don’t think in lists and I don’t have a mental encyclopedia of “faves” from which to draw. Having nothing to rattle off makes me feel sad and empty inside.

I love the part in tenenbaums where owen wilson’s character, Eli Cash, goes out the window after royal throws out his cigarette and he stomps it out. Then he puts his hand out to the sky and Royal says “I’m on to you!” I haven’t been the same since

i have promised myself and others to dress as royal tenenbaum for halloween since 2001. but finding a pink bathrobe, those horn rimmed glasses and a decent “halo” wig have seemed such a daunting task every year – even though i start thinking about it in june – that i just give up and end up ripping up some old clothes, splashing fake blood and spray paint on them and going as a zombie.

Oh sweet Jesus, I’ve laughed at most of these with a haha I’m not that guy but I know that guy kind of attitude, but I’m so this guy. I’ve seen everything but the first one, and I’ve liked them all. Oh dear god, despite my Irish background and love of Guiness on more than just St. Patty’s Day, it appears I’m truly white. Time to go by a replica Willem Dafoe beanue from Life Aquatic and cry into it.

Did the kid in Rushmore get redeemed by a minority woman? I don’t remember that. Also don’t remember that happening in Tenenbaums; the one dude just hooked up with his adopted sister. I haven’t seen the other ones (I’ll make a point of it now, though, to see about this redemption issue).

“If a white guy takes a white girl to a Wes Anderson movie on their first date, and neither of them have seen it, they will immediately commence a relationship that is reflected in songs by Ryan Adams and Bright Eyes.”

total shit? c’mon man. even if you don’t like the films as a whole or conceptually, there are many redeeming qualities in cinematography, art direction, score, dialogue, etc. you want total shit go see daddy day care, 2 fast 2 furious, big momma’s house 2, never back down, baby geniuses, scary movie 3, etc., etc….total shit. pleeeaaaaase.

Ok… I’m going to have to stick up for Wes Anderson. The man is an intelligent, creative, optical genius! So what if his films appeal to a generally caucasian audience? For example, isn’t it just as pretentious when an african american director creates films that appeal to a generally african american audience? And if you ARE white, and you don’t appreciate Wes Anderson films your intelligence is obviously limited! Or perhaps you are trying to fit into some minority, which is even more obnoxious than a “white” person being superfluously “white,” or a “black” person being superfluously “black.”

For the record I thought The Life Aquatic was orgasmic! And the soundtrack!?! How could anyone not love Seu Jorge covering all of the Bowie favorites!?!?!

If you’re going to try to act all intelligent you should probably try to get the names of the people you’re talking about right… And oh yeah, you’re spelling sucks too =P
It’s Owen Wilson and Gwyneth Paltrow dummy.

With Wes Anderson it’s not about race it’s about class. This website is not about what white people like. It’s about what youngish middle-class americans like! Whether white, black, chinese, japanese, indian, bi-racial, or otherwise!

Ok, I’m white, I’m a vegetarian, I like to believe in some spiritual stuff but not christianity, I like to brag about my trip to Siberia, I buy organic food, I like to make my boyfriend feel bad about not going hiking with me, I like to tell people bad memories of high school, I was a multilingual smart ass as a kid (still am…) and I have a pound puppy. Most of this blog applies to me, and that’s why it’s funny.

But this one I don’t get. I have NEVER heard of Wes Anderson. EVER. Maybe that’s because I’m Finnish.

you should do one on the state. white people love talking about the state, and how the entire state cast was in wet hot american summer and the reno 911 movie. i know this because i am, in fact, white. it feels so good to finally be able to say that.

[…] around to watching The Darjeeling Limited. It’s Wes Anderson’s latest film. I know it’s playing to stereotype, but I’m a huge Wes Anderson fan. Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Life Aquatic are all […]

uggh i hate those beards and those handlebar mustaches…it’s so creepy and i would hate to have one of those near my va-jay-jay in fear some bugs would crawl out of it…..
“having a certain level of intelligence” Yes Einstein…whatever you say….expecially when you repeat the words “existentialism”, “nuance” and “varying degrees”…..

I wish you would get raped by a portuguese janitor….he’d make you a real man.

I think the movies are pretty damned entertaining. However I am completely blown away with people at “white” hang-outs (cafes, etc) who actually act like it news to like the latest Wes A. film. I am a black guy, if I know who is going to like it why don’t they?

YEAH!!! And for all the detractors, it seem like everyone who dis’s Wes Anderson movies has seen every damn one of them…hell one guy even differentiated between Hotel Chevalier and Darjeeling Limited…I thought they were all one movie.

thing is… i’m not white. i’m asian. so you got me all confused.. haha. kidding, i’m eurotrash with american prep school upbringing that enables me to get the catcher in the rye aspect of Rushmore and Igby Goes Down when racial traits are irrelevant. in fact, someone has pointed it out that more of the blog has to do with the class differences rather than racial.

That said, while I wasn’t aware that I liked Wes Anderson, my family really did like the Royal Tennenbaums. It’s the standard by which we measure our own weirdness. If we are getting too strange about something, one of us will say, “wait, is this too Tennenbaumy?”

[…] Anyways, another interesting (and probably intentional) Wes Anderson connection is that Bud Cort, who played Harold, was Bill Ubell (the accountant who is kidnapped by pirates) in The Life Aquatic. Apologies for harping on the apparent influence this had on Wes Anderson, but you’ll have to excuse me, as I’m white. […]

Um. why exactly are you commenting Pansy-Ponzi? you don’t even know what you’re talking about. love it. hate it. but steer clear of being the a-hole who doesn’t know jack about shit and still thinks that your opinion holds any value.

It seems to be a universal thing lately, you produce work that has slightly more intelligence than Dude Where’s My Car? and you get called an elitist or worse.
I think Wes Anderson’s work has charm and wit, it’s harmless and eccentric fun. Why do people get so worked up like he’s worse than Al Qaeda or something?
How dare his work attract predominantly middle class white people! Tell you what, why not have a Thick People page and list Michael Bay as their director of choice? Thick people come from all races, classes and levels of thickness.

That was rather a lazy hysterical Fox network style put down of a fine film maker’s work so far. Yes, he’s a meticulous designer but he has far more depth and far more to offer than other directors who started in design or advertising and who are ludicrously feted but have yet to produce anything substantial from under the slick commercial gloss (Ridley Scott comes to mind) Calm down!

Really, not only white people like Wes Anderson and a lot of white people hate his movies.
I love his movies, all of them. They’re quirky, funny and something a bit different than the usual Hollywood recipe.

“making lists of shit that they like / shit that other people should like” is definitely a requirement.

At least half of my adolescence was spent doing that.

Just for kicks, I’ll list the movies in descending order (based on personal taste (although it probably mirrors every other white person who would make this list.))

1. The Royal Tenenbaums (obviously)
2. Rushmore (I don’t personally identify with it, but it’s just a really well-done movie.)
3. The Darjeeling Limited / Hotel Chevalier (thought I’d have grown out of the Wes Anderson thing by this point – I even put off seeing this one for nearly a year. But I loved it immediately once I finally saw it.)
4. Bottle Rocket (The Life Aquatic is better, but I’ve watched this so many late nights/early mornings on cable after everyone I know has gone home/fallen asleep. It’s become a staple in my “watching what’s on” film favorites.)
5. The Life Aquatic (Bill Murray, Seu Jorge doing Bowie, and also my ex-girlfriend really loved this movie when we first saw it together. Fuck that bitch. This is staying at #5.)

this is the dummest shit i ever did see….to base some narcisists opinion on every sad fucker else……y’all can make up your own mind, this dude is pretty far out there, but making millions with his weird art…i’m sure he is white, who the fuck cares…bull shit tight ass website, how the fuck did i get here

I take the obsession a step further. On the way back from getting indian curry at Whole Foods I quiz them on the best Wes Anderson movie. If they don’t say Rushmore within 30 seconds, I mock them with obscure quotes of the movie like:

Everyone’s acting in a lot of his other works are just too stilted. The actor’s just deliver lines that often times random but have the air of some importance and stare dead-pan at each other. Wes Anderson does however make you feel like you should like his movies, that if we are to be hip we must declare sententiously our love for his clever soundtracks and involved movies. I just am sort of turned off by this.

I too resent the ‘clever soundtracks’.. i rarely fall asleep in movies, but did during Royal TenenBORES.. reminds me of Quintin Tarantino.. look at me i’m a master of thoughtful provoking conversation and include rare songs gems.. blah. His movies remind of me insurance commercials that use INDIE music to hook you. People laugh because they think they’ve got the inside joke and vow to get the soundtrack after.. I only liked Darling Limited because of the cheating hot Indian chick..

Wes Anderson has to be considered the whitest man around. It is physically painful watching him discuss his “love for India”; truly vomit inducing. It’s a pity he didn’t catch some rays whilst in India – put at least a little tan in those pampered white cheeks.

Wes Anderson is the white man’s white man. (Except I don’t think Wes knows anyone who is not white or cares for that matter).

Everything about him is so white – this cannot be through chance but rather the result of deliberate study of white culture via some sort of computer program and a deliberate attempt to create a film style aimed at this powerful demographic group.

Please someone prevent Wes from making any more movies outside of the USA – it is just too painful to watch him being interviewed about them, let alone watch any of them.

Wes Anderson is to movies what Lou Reed is to rock n’ roll. ( I’m suprised the velvet underground didn’t make the list). His movies are about failed attempts at acceptence and succsess, and are underlined by a sweet melachonaly. where the central characters eventually find redemption simply by being themselves for better or worse. The conflict usually arises out of damaged family relationships and attempts at resolution. Resolution only comes when said members of the family eventually accept eachother with all their flaws and misgivings. His careful attention to eccentricities of the main characters is his signature. I think his unique comic timing and love for irony throws a lot of people who are not fans. I really like his movies and I can’t understand why other people don’t.

I’m a (white) film student and I can’t stand Wes Anderson movies. I don’t for the life of me understand just what the hell is so interesting about people standing around with blank expressions on their faces set to a 60’s music soundtrack.

Something about them is just so pretentious and snobby, like they’re telling the viewer “If you don’t understand this, you’re an uncivilized moron.”

The only one I thought was marginally interesting was The Life Aquatic, and saying even that is a stretch.

That’s funny… I mention Wes Anderson to any of my friends, white or no, and they look at me like I’m crazy.

His movies are way too smart for the average white person. They wouldn’t see them anyway because they don’t involve guys in khaki being chased by boulders or jump-cuts intended to relate a drug-addled lifestyle.

I only say “average white person” because that’s the people this site is about. I should have just said “average person,” or, better yet, “average American,” because I can’t speak to the intelligence level of the average person in general.

Don’t forget songs by Elliott Smith. Us white people (at least the kind described by this site) really really like him and want to commence in a relationship reflected in his songs. Also he was friends with Wes Anderson irl.

i know plenty of black people who like wes andersons films , outside of the usa such dated notions of racial segregation are less and less relevant – white people act like this – black people act like that – zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
i have an idea for a post – what white people like – chris rock

Hey “Simon”, you obviously have no freakin clue whatsoever what it’s like here in America and what a big deal it is whether we acknowledge it or not, and I guess your country is FAR superior with such blurred racial lines, making you (or if you’re black, the white people you associate with) that much “better” than people here (especially the white people). Yeah!!!.. you win AND you showed that you’re superior since race “matters less” to you and your country. You’re like an alpha white person now! Wait, no.. you’re whole country is! Way to one up us!

i am black and i did not know who wes anderson was until i watch the Darjeeling limited . hes great and right now i am about to follow hes movies up
as a matter of fact i was introduced to Wes Anderson by a white girl who has him as best director

Of course by being a minority, my fuel for my hatred against this man and whatever bandwagon prone films this man makes, rises uncontrollably. When I first watched Rushmore, I had the incentive that, “Okay, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray are in it, fantastic.” – but little did I know that this herald of a brutally beaten “movie” would be the gate for more of his nonsense starring Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller. What do you Caucasians see in this man?

Is this real, or is it a joke or some kind of satire?
If it’s a joke then this is really funny. On the other hand if your seriously saying that only white people like these things then WHOA! Talk about being ridiculously small minded! Art is art, different people like it for different reasons and race has little or nothing to do with it.

If it isn’t a joke then I supose I can see where your coming from with the whole “typically” you wouldn’t see a “typical” black person walking into a wes anderson film with a great amount of knowledge and admiration for his films. But in that case perhaps a more appropriate title for this little site would be ..”Things that people of colour living in a society or community that doesnt encourage or provide outlets to broaden ones tastes and interests further then the ridiculous stereotypes theyve been force fed and stigmatized into for the last decade, probably would’t know about or care for much cosidering the latter.” Or ” Things that white people are the majority of the fan base for but this doesnt mean people of other races or nationalities wouldnt be interested in” Or Better yet ” things that may interest you, regardless of your race, gender, sexuality, etc..”

“If it isn’t a joke then I sup[p]ose I can see where your [sic] coming from with the whole “typically” you wouldn’t see a “typical” black person walking …”
You didn’t just suppose (indeed, failed even in spelling it correctly), you superimposed: You’re quotations are not from the post, nor was it anywhere claimed non-whites don’t or wouldn’t like these films, simply that white people do. “WHOA”, too, is almost as repugnant (maybe on par, given the evangelistic convention of point-proving by using uppercase) as the otiose “… with the whole”normally oratorical device in place of a valid point. The last could be worse only if it was spoken, as doubtless your voice is unbearable too.

Wes Anderson is my favorite director simply because of his odd camea angles, the subtle humor, the geniusness of mixing comedy and tragedy, and his hopeful messages in every film. These are also movies that HAVE to be watch MORE THAN ONCE. If you saw one of his films and you didn’t like it, it’s probably because you’ve only seen it once. Watch the movie again, whichever movie that may be, and I guarantee you will notice things you’ve never noticed before, you’ll laugh at jokes that were once hidden, and you don’t have to be white to enjoy a little cleverness. 😉
Again, these are very ARTISTIC movies, so you have to deal with the fact that they are surreal, especially in things like timing. I love whenever a character asks something to another character off screen and the camera turns to show the second character and they wait until they’re on screen to show their reactions, then it turns back to the original character to show their response to the second character’s reactions. Realistically this would happen all within a second, but the turning of the camera creates a mood and it is a form of art. Many people forget that film is an art because we’re used to all the crap that clogs up theaters nowadays. Wes Anderson is like a breath of fresh air, a clear viewing glass of what film was always supposed to be like. It is an ART, and art is colorful, not just white. ;P

yeah i guess youre right , racial stereo-types and segregation are actually a good thing , it keeps everyone in their place , youre right , well said
ps . all youre references to superiority (or the lack of in your case) do lead one to believe that you may have some sort of complex .

Seriously? You guys feel the need to say that all white people are not identical in thier thinking? The website is making fun of stereotypes. Just because you know a couple white people (or you yourself) who don’t fall into the category mentioned doesn’t mean that it’s not a stereotype or even that most white people don’t fall into the stereotype. I’m white, and I love Wes Anderson movies; as do many of my friends. I also know a lot of white people who hate Wes Anderson, but it’s still really funny! Quit complaining.

Yeah, you’re such an imperialist. You should learn to embrace all languages and spellings.
I used to buy all my food from the co-op, but then I started buying everything from the local free-trade store. I just finished reorganizing my Wes Anderson and Invisible Children DVDs into hemp DVD cases I had shipped from Venezuela. I love making a difference!

Spoken like a true Joe Six-Pack there Richard. You should be proud. You got to use the “sorta” word ain’t along with ’em twice. I have a feeling you also voted for McCain and believe the walks on the moon were made in Hollywood.

this is the worst site i’ve seen in a long time. its just fucking way to much buddy. and your are an idiot. dont talk about wes anderson if you dont have much knownledge of him or his great work. this was a waste of time.

darjeeling limited relates to me bc i like exclusive designer things, like that exclusive LV luggage set + belt with the animals and the vintage aesthetic. having things that are one of a kind make you unique, just like wes anderson, the #1 hippest cassevetes poseur of the 2ks.

is wes anderson artful bc he has 4 movies out on criterion? will he truly feel like he ‘made it’ when he has 5 out, aka a whole handful… is this just a matter of waiting and hoping for darjeeling limited to be recognized as a classique? time will only tell.

Great post! I laughed hardest when you decided to comment on how white people behave in movie theaters. Interesting talking point. You should add black people criticizing how white people conduct themselves at movies to your list of “stuff white people like.”

I am a WP but I f-ing hate Wes Anderson movies. The only one I could sit through was Rushmore, but the Royal Tennebaums made my skin crawl. Is anybody with me on this? I wonder if Wes Anderson hate makes me an advance WP.

The guy (anderson) is a sophomoric piece of rubbish. He had Bill Murry the best, and even with Bill Murry made an embarrassingly unfunny piece of trash. I think you should go back and watch some Bergman or maybe even Woody Allen. Sorry, Rebecca, I think the guy stinks.

As a big fan of Jacques Cousteau, Jane Goodall, The Other Leaky People, etc., ‘The Life Aquatic’ was brilliant. For so many reasons.
I was not aware of the whiteness of it all, but neither was Laurenss Van Der Post, when he wrote his ethnocentric yet compelling work, ‘Bushmen of the Kalahari’.
Odd to assume that everyone is essentially cut from the same cloth, taste wise, and that you can tell what they like just by looking at them.
Funny, but not ha-ha funny. Now I want to see the other movies.

steve zissou.. i thought was great. && it is suprising that Wes Anderson would say it was his worst since it was a homage to one his idols Jaques Yves Cousteau. This was really funny because it is true…but I wouldnt limit it to just white people because all Anderson fans are like this.

I think he should have said pretentious WASPS like Wes Anderson movies. I HATED the Royal Tenenbaums. Didn’t laugh once in Rushmore. Now I avoid seeing his films. I’ll take Judd Apatow over Wes Anderson anyday. Wonder what that makes me?

I’ve always felt like I was “trying” to enjoy Wes Anderson’s movies until I made myself believe I liked them. It all ended with ‘Darjeeling Limited’. That movie flat out sucked and I now see right through my friends that say they loved it.

You don’t have to be white to like/love these movies. Just Intelligent. If you like movies like Superbad or Scary Movie 1 through 7 then forget you heard of Wes Anderson, which you will, and go stop breathing somewhere.

Oh because I’m a fan of Wes Anderson movies, Superbad can’t be my favorite movie? Thanks Matt! I’m glad someone who is obviously much smarter than everyone else set me straight. I will now go burn my copy of Superbad and frame my Wes Anderson DVDs! How Intelligent you must be! And so clever!

Uh, please do not incriminate us all with this slander. Not all white people (thank God) love Wes Anderson movies. Please amend the heading to read “Hipsters and others with equal cluelessness about quality film and art love Wes Anderson movies.”

Oh my gosh he is just so smart because he doesn’t like some movies but likes others. That really shows intelligence when you have your own specific taste and tell others to die when they’re not the same. You know what I bet he’s probably one of the smartest ones out of his group of friends! That’s not easy… ESPECIALLY if they all watch Wes Anderson movies…

Wrong on two counts Connie, but good try. I don’t watch TV and hate coffee. I know it’s hard for someone who’s idea of great music falls under the category of “indie rock” to understand, but there are actually centuries of great art and decades of great film that eclipse entirely the meagre “accomplishments” of hacks like Wes Anderson. Believe it or not, the human race carried on for quite a long time before 1980 and, I hate to break it to you, wiped the floor with today’s artistic “contributions.” Just because it happens in your little lifetime doesn’t mean it’s “good.” You think an Anderson could ever hold a candle to a Hitchcock, a Fellini, or a Leone? But I wouldn’t expect you to know who they are.

Hahahaha I LOVE Wes Anderson films!!!
My all time favorite movie is in fact, The Royal Tenenbaums!!!
That movie DID change my life!!! And Ryan Adams’ song “To Be Young” is awesome. This is no hipster movement. It’s just the white culture. Mexicans have papel picado and the Japanese have samurais. Yay for the Royal Tenenbaums!!!

I love the idea that you have to be smart to enjoy a wes anderson movie. Bwahahahah, these are the same lifestyle liberal fems that wax poetic about jackson pollock and basquit but if you had an 8 yr old do something in their style they couldn’t tell the differance. “O look at the brushstroke and what he’s trying to say”. LOL. Wes Anderson is sooo subliminal you HAVE to be an IQ over 120. (que Kinks song and slow motion) .

His films do accurately portray the relationships liberals have with minorities though. All for their own spirtiual self indulgance. And only comfortable if there is a ‘Golden Gate Bridge’ buffer between them.

3lit3 whites like style over substance, it’s just a whit3 thing, like using silly numbers for letters, or spelling the as teh (irony silly #50), you wouldn’t understand. To all those folks from the south/lower midwest that don’t get this site – you are not the white people we are looking for, as obi wan would say. You will not get us into invite only clubs, you will not tell us anything we don’t already have a solid opinion on (and certainly cannot out statistic us), you only have access to brown schwag (#33), and you’d embarass us on our quest for tight asian booty (#11). The only exceptions to this rule are if you are a lawyer (#56), doctor, or accountant, since elites understand that someone has to help them file for divorce after their wife came home early from church one day, and besides, we know that -if you wanted to- you wouldn’t talk with a twang, it’s just more of a selling point. Besides, us elites thought we could get a twanger president to help us kill off the estate tax, you know sell it better to the poor folk, but that experiment didn’t turn out so well, we won’t be trying that one again anytime soon. Scuse me now, I have to listen to my Burning Spear bootleg I got off pirate bay while I sit on my deck with my bbq (bbq needs it’s own entry badly) overlooking the creek in the redwoods (I’m so advanced, I know). Ouch, the sun, it hurts my skin!

I am from Arkansas and i get this site. Just because there are a few crazy kkk members doesnt mean the entire region is that away. We have our pretentious snob just like any where eles and yes most of this stuff applies to them. Fourtunatly i do not fall in to many of these categorys because i am a poor white person lol. THe site is still pretty funny because most white ppl do this shit.

Wes Anderson is a douche. All he makes is pretentious, meaningless crap for hipsters to get off too. It’s sad that what today’s subculture is mainly defined by a superficial emphasis on appearance, without any substantive critique of society.

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Is there a comment like this in every thread? Yes, you’re white. And it’s OK. It’s funny to fit a stereotype. Just watch a stand-up comedian, and imagine if they were talking about white people, instead of blacks, hispanics, asians, etc. That’s what you’re feeling.

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Thank God I’m not THAT white that I like pretentious hipster pieces of crap films with shitty camera angles and direction resulting in monotone performances such as these. Too bad all of the actors in them are very talented…

You sound envious of Wes Anderson films and white people in general. He’s movies are unique with a style all his own. He is off beat, quirky and edgy. The Life Aquatic ranks as one of my all time favorite movies for its magic realism quality. I’m sure non-whites and whites alike can appreciate his style. Why be so cynical?

Yes finally someone sees this, Wes Anderson is the epitome of whiteness. His movies are very dry and the non-white characters are portrayed in a shallow light. I am white and when I watched Darjeeling Limited I was in pain and had to stop watching after the first 40 minutes. In Darjeeling he used India as a backdrop for his standard white characters to use everything they encountered as a variable for their meaningless journey, which in the end they found meaning by an indian boy dying. Of course their presence at the funeral was directly from the meaninglessness pool of emotions that they carried throughout the film.

Anyway I am glad other people see the ignorance in Andersons films, there is an element of creativity, but for me it is eclipsed by his poor portrayal of non-white characters who are nothing but variables and gimmicks in his slanted films.

Ya I agree with Campbell, you are not only white, you are self hating, because you know if you had the functioning brain capacity to enjoy Wes Anderson films, you would, but instead you probably watch shitty shows like greys anatomy.

I, being very white, love wes anderson movies, although I have to say your points are very valid and sadly rarely reflected upon in general society…which I guess makes sense since meaninglessness and the superficial are so totally in.

Hey, I love having gay sex with my servants, and burning down orphanages! I write for http://StuffRichPeopleLove.com it’s a very unoriginal/unclever site. My penis is less than two inces long, and I have trouble getting it up!

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I am a fan of Wes Anderson’s films… but, there’s too much truth (within the sarcasm) to not find this funny. And, that’s the best type of “funny”… the type that may make you squirm. I’ll also admit, I’ve tried numerous times to watch BET comedy programs… and, rarely do I even crack a smile. So… again, this blog makes me laugh because of the truth within the exaggeration. Good stuff! I’ll keep coming back to read more.

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And right there is another thing white people like, identifying as a single unified race when in reality the Irish hate the British who hate the French who hate the Germans who hate the Poles who hate the Russians who hate the Serbs who hate the Belgians who hate the British who hate the Australians who hate New Zealanders who hate Americans who hate Canadians who hate the Americans right back who hate the French who hate the Spanish who hate the Italians who hate the Greeks who hate the British who hate the Scots who hate the Icelanders who hate the Dutch who hate the Belgians. Anyway you get the picture.

Darjeeling Ltd. is definitely not about four guys banging Indian chicks..at all. Its actually a lot like this site, considering it makes fun of white people who go to foreign lands to experience a cultural enlightenment and end up making asses of themselves.

I hate the shit white people come out with and don’t forget about the fecal matter other ethnicity’s come up with. Like tyler parry movies, they’re all crap. i dislike wes anderson. I agree with braden about all his movies movies being about hipsters with daddy issues. it’s a bunch of high brow bullshit.

Fuck you all, I’m going to go watch hell comes to frog town and read a william gibbson book then go to bed.

P.S. rule 34 applies to all Wes Anderson’s crap. so why don’t you pretentious ass holes go jerk off to that and listen to Devendra (wana be Donovan) Banhart!

Have you every watched any Wes Anderson movie? There are, as you say “non-white” people in all of his movies.
Darjeeling Ltd. isn’t about four white guys “bangin” Indian chicks. Just Jason Schwartzman’s character has sex with an Indian woman. Also there were only three brothers, not four.

[…] actually seen two. That doesn’t matter; as soon as I saw The Royal Tenenbaums, like any other white person, I fell madly in love. So much so, in fact, that I was ready and willing to walk, alone, into a […]

This site offers wonderful insight to our white brothers and sisters, but I’m wondering why I haven’t seen a post about white people liking the movie, “the big lebowsky”. Just about every white person I know loves this film and I’m sure you can explain much better than I can just why.

[…] ridiculous movies (ahem… New Moon… *cough*), but I like Wes Anderson movies as much as the next person and thought Raging Bull was great! I feel that I can adequately have a semi-productive conversation […]

well this is your conception and your ideas, well I’m a non- white, non- American ordinary someone and I really liked all Wes Anderson movies, including Zissou. That was brilliant.
His soundtracks are old fashion stuff which I also like, So according to your theories, I don’t exist.

OH NO! I have only seen Royal Tenenbaums and thought it was entertaining but not life changing, and I haven’t seen any of the other ones. The only film I could think of when I heard the name was “Terror on Elm street” but that must have been someone else. I must not be white then? Oh, all these problems with trying to put labels on people. What AM I supposed to call myself 😉

Um. Okay. So I live in the the rural south of the US and there are plenty of uneducated, poor white people here with limited resources who do not even know that Wes Anderson exists. They have certainly never seen any of these films and would probably not enjoy them if they did. I’d also like to point out that this blog merely represents the rich, educated, or otherwise elite whites. Where I’m from, a huge number of white people can’t afford to go to the movies. The majority of the posts on this blog unfairly assume that whites as a whole are a well off group of people with few real problems. Social awareness is obviously not your forte.

You are taking this blog too literally. It’s a joke, a caricature of white people (me included). If one thing doesn’t apply, another likely will. I sure don’t fit the entire list, but I think it’s effin’ hilarious.

From all of the posts I have read on this site, I can come to only one conclusion: The author of this site is just another hipster who thinks he is being edgey and self-aware with his irony.
Look at all the wonderful hipster t-shirts and his wonderful coffee shop beard. Wow. You’re so different and cool, and not at all like what you are making fun of, except you are, but that makes it cool, because you’re doing a cute little self-mockery thing.

Oh aren’t you clever. Yeah, fuck recycling and anything done in an earnest, well meaning manner. They’re just not as smart and hip as you. It’s not hypocritical if you make fun of it for being hypocritical, but still do it, but ironically, right?

Please die of cancer as soon as possible you horrible waste of a life. You are doing no good in this world, and you seem to resent it so very much, so please, PLEASE leave it as soon as possible.

go die in a hole ur just pissed cause he thought of it first and now u probably look like a clown. ughh its satire get OVER it. to post on here is to admit that you actually care, which evidently you’re supposed to be too cool for, right?

I’m so sad… I don’t fit in anywhere. I’ve never even heard of those damnable flicks, and yet, I get ninetieth degree burns from so much as walking to the corner store. Yeah, that’s right—I don’t even have a car, so my “ride” (feets) is definitely not one of those hybrids… unless feet are considered organic? Oh, and get this—my family was Jewish, and I am broke. Who am I (because I am certainly not Jean Valjean)?

As this website allows whites to laugh at themselves and their humoristic behavioral patterns that span across all fields of whiteness, regardless of religious or political beliefs. This website allows the racial stereotypes of white people to become comical and laughable, for all races involved, just as The Chappelle Show did for Blacks [something White people also love].

absolutely, Adam. I’ve been cracking up reading these posts. Mostly started by the fact that I had just sent out invitations for a Dodgy Jumper party, an Anglicized version of the American Ugly Sweater pary, unknowingly joining hands with all the other gormless white people around the world. Aaah…. Very very funny. Nothing like getting surprised into laughing at oneself.

I love this blog! It’s hilarious, especially since my boyfriend is white and most of the things on this blog describe him. Lmao, the first time I met him, we got into a conversation about Wes Anderson.

[…] Even though President Obama is just behaving like all of the other men to ascend to the Oval Office, he’s still not doing it right because he’s favoring the wrong people. Rush Limbaugh, my favorite oracle, recognized this too in regards to health-care reform. See, Snooki is in good company. Limbaugh, who is not at all a big fat idiot (obviously, because no one ever heard again from the clown who wrote that book), saw that President Obama’s policies would heavily favor black people and amount to reparations. And my favorite politician, Rep. Steve King of Iowa (go Hawks!), said President Obama “favors the black person.” And, again, do you know what black people don’t do? No, contrary to popular myth, we pay our taxes. And no, we do take care of our kids. What we DON’T do is go tanning. It’s just gym and laundry for us. And it’s only a matter of time before our fearless leader taxes all kinds of other whites-only things, like Tea Party protests, Apple products and Wes Anderson movies. […]

Woody Allen anyone? Reading this site is like watching one of his movies, oops sorry, FILMS. It’s all there: liberal upper-middle class “creative types” who live in Manhattan or Europe, dine exclusively at dinner parties or retaurants, get divorced, “take time off to find themselves”, etc….

Alpha…
You my friend, would then probably enjoy the movie “white chicks”, while downing twinkies and a couple of big macs. Then you could clean your guns and blog about the 2nd coming of “Winger”.
CHeers!

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Shut up. No one cares that you agree with the man on the internet. “Foreign films are full of shit”? What does that even mean? The person writing these articles is not looking for readers to talk about how much these things suck. He doesn’t think that they suck. He’s just pointing out stereotypes that, in most cases, are semi-true. C’mon, people…

I was actually hoping you would have something on Wes Anderson on here. And the Coen Brothers. And you have BOTH! Many thanks. I’ve only been dragged to one of these (Life Aquatic) and didn’t get a single thing that was said, but indeed experienced the one-dude-laughs-and-then-everyone-else does thing. I keep meaning to eventually see Rushmore b/c so many of my white friends talk about it like it’s Casablanca or something (which I also keep meaning to see). I didn’t know Jason Schwartzman was in it…would this explain the origins of why he’s so beloved by white ppl?

[…] Stuff white people like #10: Wes Anderson. Purveyor of films quirky and understated, Wes Anderson is beloved by hipsters everywhere. Though I thought The Royal Tenenbaums and Bottle Rocket were boring, I loved Rushmore and Fantastic Mr. Fox. So Wes’ movies get a pass from me. […]

The Royal Tenenbaums was a great movie. and so is all of Anderson’s other work. He’s an amazing director who has such a talent for making his movies relatable to the average person, along with exploring the philosophy of human nature.

Many of the comments I’ve read on this site exude hostility in some way or another. You do all realize this website is supposed to be funny, right? I think it’s hilarious…and I love Wes Anderson…and I’m white.

And while we are taking aim at Wes Anderson, let’s shove in those other cookie cutter indie flick lookalikes. You know, the Junos and Charlie Bartlett and all those crappy movies with the half assed hand-drawn logos they use so you know its indie rock geek friendly.

You are the textbook definition of a racist white american. And the sad thing is that you may not even realize it. 99% of all White Americans are racist. You are the perfect example of White Priviledge and institutionalized racism. You’ve probably never heard of it. White people couldn’t see racism if it hit them in the side of the head. So don’t feel guilty or anything. Just keep profiting and writing more racist books for all the racist white americans out there.

The white man’s struggle is a superficial one. He doesn’t need to fight racism or poverty or anything any other minorities in america do. So he just makes lists of things he likes for his own amusement at the expense of other minorities. Your blog is clearly racist. White people can’t see racism because they’ve never experienced it but every other minority in america can see how much of a racist you and everyone who reads it is. You are exposing the true racism in america today.

This is retarded. I had no idea who Wes Anderson was until I stumbled across this page while trying to find something else that had nothing to do with Wes Anderson. Just because I am white does not mean I have to like something. If someone were to find themselves in an akward silence with me and started talking about Wes Anderson movies, I would look at them like they were crazy and probably walk away from them. And why is it that all white people in the audience will laugh like crazy even if they don’t get the joke…..? I am not going to laugh at something just because everyone else is laughing. If I don’t get something I am not going to laugh about it. This blog and this page is entirely full of crap. I would not be surprised if the person writing this blog is not white.

White people, well all people, also enjoy http://www.NakedHipster.com. Mainly because the girls are hot and don’t have clothes on. Usually those two things go well together. You know, the hotness and the nakedness.
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Who is Wes Anderson? God, I don’t think I am even white anymore. I don’t know what half the shit on this list is and the rest is some shit that completely annoys me. What the fuck kind of white person am I?

Who is Wes Anderson? God, I don’t think I am even white anymore. I don’t know what half the shit on this list is and the rest is some shit that completely annoys me. What the fuck kind of white person am I?……

Christian, you are so right. So right. The people that comment saying, “Gosh I must not be white enough” are most definitely not hipsters; therefore they will never understand why you chose the general term “white people” instead of “arrogant hipster from any metropolitan city.”

Spot on and for the record, Royal Tenenbaums DID change my life. ahahahah. I love/hate you for making me embarrassed of myself. Next post you should talk about Typography and what fonts white people despise and why…

I think Wes Anderson is extremely creative and I actually own a few of his movies. At any given time one of his movies could be resting on one of my prodominately black movies. It sucks that you cant just like anything anymore without being classified in an extreme manner. Btw im black, I like watermellon and Wes Anderson but most of all the way it feels so to not give a f**k. I believe thats the #1 thing that people that dont give a f**k like.

His books and this blog have absolutely nothing to do with ethnicity – “white” is just a satirical term he has used in place of the word “hipster,” not intended to be taken literally. It’s just a facetious way to poke fun at things that are seemingly underground but in reality, are hugely famous amongst these types of people. Really, it has NOTHING to do with race. I don’t get why people don’t see the irony?? It’s baffling to me. If you enjoy Wes Anderson (like you say you do) then you must understand what dry humor is…right?

First of all people, try to lighten up. “Race” is meaningless here. It’s about “culture”. Don’t try to rate your own “whiteness” (either as a person of color or as a white person) or anyone else, just enjoy…

So because a film is smart and quirky, and actually causes you to think, it is deemed something that ‘White people’ like? On the other side of that coin, if you have a film with brain dead humor, no class and regurgitated fluff from the 90’s, all ‘Black people’ will probably enjoy it, because it requires no thought. No originality. No creativity…sort of like rap music. What you are doing is keeping it separate but equal – over and over. Let people who enjoy Wes Anderson films enjoy them for what they are; intelligent, original, thoughtful and funny.
You can go back to watching aliens rip humans in half or Harold and Kumar part 3 or Batman part 78.

Delicate beautiful film. Every frame a picture post card. Deliberately styalized that way 🙂
Intricate hilarious character observations & genius improv acting from some GREAT actors ❤ can't fault it. Feeds my dreams.
It is such subtle taste that won't be for all………

You don’t really get this blog, do you?
It’s not “Stuff ONLY White People Like” or “Stuff ALL White People Like”, it just pokes fun at the things that all “hip”, middle to upper-middle class white people are seemingly required to like in order to fit in.
I hate to use a loaded / overused word like hipster, but it’s probably the best catch-all for the demographic that these articles are satirizing. In my mind that means there are actually plenty of people with non-white skin who would be considered part of the “white people” these articles talk about.

If you run across an african american between the ages of 25 to 50. Chances are they’ve seen just about every well known gangster movie that’s ever been made from the 1970’s up. Some have seen films from the 30’s and such but they aren’t as common. It doesn’t matter if it’s a exploitation or A-list film a black person will devote at least a half an hour into giving the movie a chance. It one of the few film genres that blacks will actually tell YOU to shut up in a theater (at least until the action starts). Once they find one they will spend an excessive amount of time learning the dialogue of the film, so they can go to someone else who’s seen the film and reenact the key parts in the film. Don’t go and try quoting anything from a television series like The Wire, The Sopranos, Or Boardwalk Empire because they won’t know it. It must be from a motion picture. The most commonplace ones are Scarface, New Jack City, and Goodfellas.

If you’re involved in a conversation with a black person in this age range and the topic of gangters movies comes up, quote a famous phrase from one of the examples shown in the former paragraph and watch their eyes light right up. But don’t quote too many. This makes them quickly lose interest because you’ve used all of the quotes they wanted to say and more importantly, saying the last quote before the subject is changed.

I’ve been cracking up at 90% of this stuff. I’m not claiming to be a smart dude either.I am seeing a lot of folks saying to “lighten up, it is really about hipsters, color has nothing to do with it”.

If color plays no part, why isn’t it just called “stuff that hipsters like”? It could just as easily be called “stuff that black people think is dumb”.

I get this stuff, and it truly is making me laugh. This reply is towards the people telling others its not about color, because it is… and it is hilarious.

now, where is my moleskin notebook? I gotta write this down for later, when my gay black friend comes over. We need something to do in our christmas sweaters, listening to mos def’s new classic jazz album, while playing connect four, and drinking organic coffee. Why, because we don’t own a t.v……….;-)

It is not true that all white people love Wes Anderson. His films are very quirky and strange. They are definitely not everyone’s cup of tea. To the person who said “hipsters” like him: I am most definitely not a hipster. I’m a 45 year old frumpy lady and I find Anderson’s films to extremely poetic and whimsical. However, I know a lot of white people who don’t like his films and find them really weird.

[…] Wes Anderson’s lat­est film Moon­rise King­dom looks like it could be a lot of fun…or not. Seri­ously. What is up with 2012 and a tedious wave of nos­tal­gia flicks: Amer­i­can Pie…Reunion. Titanic…3-Freakin’-D. And of course Will Smith & Tommy Lee Jones return in Men in Black…*drumroll*…III. And maybe it has some­thing to do with the finan­cial cli­mate we’re in, but peo­ple seem to be look­ing more to the past than to the future, at least when it comes to enter­tain­ment. And Moon­rise King­dom, kind of, uh, fits kind of per­fectly since Wes Ander­son films are totally about child­hood, whimsy, and nostalgia. […]

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I really want to see Moonrise Kingdom, but I know my Asian wife isn’t going to like it. She won’t understand how a movie being slightly funny can make it absolutely hysterical. Rushmore is one of my favorite 5 movies ever, but she can’t even watch five minutes of it. She is going to visit her mom soon, so I will go then, or maybe secretly buy the DVD. I can put it with my porn DVDs, because I know she will never look there.

[…] example of the quality and humor Wes Anderson is capable of. I really love this film (I’m white, what do you expect?) and had originally seen this film when I was younger. Only now was I really […]

[…] Wes Anderson‘s new film boasts an all-star cast, sardonic wit and plenty of retro sets. The question is– did it win you over? Take the poll at the bottom of this post to let me know what you think! […]

As a white guy I really liked this piece because it was sort of funny and a little clever. But only sort of and only a little. Seriously, guy or dude or whatever you are, Wes Anderson may not be everyone’s cup of tea–I know a lot of white guys who don’t get him or can’t stand him–but for those of us who enjoy some or many of his films, he remains a breath of often fresh and frequently intoxicating air.

[…] The few minutes we see here do look beautifully shot and full of some sincere turmoil to go with the deadpan satire. In addition to Spike Lee, I honestly thought the clearest influence was the muted colors, classical music score, and meticulously composed shots of Wes Anderson movies (which, by the way, are #10 on the blog “Stuff White People Like“). […]

[…] #11 Asian Girls, and #73 Gentrification. Another entry, #10, is director and fellow white person Wes Anderson, who really fits the bill as he is from Texas, is well educated, and makes hipster films. Naturally […]

I got a good heap n of Wes last week with Moonrise Kingdom and was shocked leaving the theatre when the real world was not lit in a honey glow. Wes is the patron saint of white people cinema and when I watch his quirky, upper middle class characters fighting their demons I imagine my own life would have been so much more cimema-graphic if my family had more money. Wes Anderson is a nice break from movies for those other white people movies, the ones with bombs, chase scenes and lots of guns. Yeah.

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Hipsters are obscure. Wes Anderson movies, Ryan Adams and Bright Eyes and other things on this list are(were?) popular. besides I think the author knows he’s exaggerating. only a little though. just kidding. no i’m not.

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Wes Anderson is a very weak director, all his films are vapid, whether white people like them more than people of other persuasion is not a measure of quality and I doubt anyone would waste time finding out. If you are talking about representation then his films probably heavily represent a white demographic (though I’ve never made it more than about 20mins into any of them). He’s not a bad director because he appeals to you as a fall guy to your white guilt, he is just a lightweight director who deals in rich dicks’ wall paper.

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I identify as caucasian (mostly Welsh, some Irish, some German, single digit percentage of Iroquois), and for the life of me, I cannot understand why people like Wes Anderson’s film ‘Rushmore.’ It’s a comedy without one single funny moment! As for the other films on this list, haven’t seen them.

Its true. We love his movies, and we are proud of that. But it’s not about race or ethnic group, its about quality of acting, photography, and overall originality.
Some white people also like Denzel’s Washington movies and I’m find with that. Not matter what race or religion or anything you are or profess, movies are to enjoy with out hate. Wes Anderson is just magnificent, I’m surprised you guys don’t like it.

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Okay, you got me. I dunno whether it’s my exposure to indie culture or that it’s just my whiteness seeping through me like radiation, but I love Wes Anderson’s movies. I love all of the characters he creates and how he pits them against each other in a whimsical, yet slightly black-comedyish way.

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It’s funny these films are here, as I’ve always assumed they were in large about (very) uptown American Jewishness, the Tenembaum & Marjeeing ones particularly. Hence why the actors are also often Jewish, as they fit the terrain perfectly. As such the ‘whiteness’ of these films is funny area, as the middle class white audience loves them sure, but I do wonder what rich Jewish kids make of them?

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